{"id":33918,"date":"2020-07-01T18:17:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=33918"},"modified":"2020-07-01T18:17:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:17:55","slug":"worcester-observer-woo-fest-has-big-names-lined-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/worcester-observer-woo-fest-has-big-names-lined-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Worcester Observer: Woo Fest Has Big Names Lined Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worcesterobserver.co.uk\/news\/woo-fest-has-big-names-lined-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/worcesterobserver.co.uk\/news\/woo-fest-has-big-names-lined-up\/ noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-33919 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/worcsobs20a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>An award-winning county music festival, taking place virtually this summer because of social distancing measures, has secured new big-name acts including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Grant Nicholas, from Feeder, and Toyah Willcox.<\/p>\n<p>Woo Fest, which will be streamed live to homes and gardens around Worcestershire and beyond on Saturday (July 4), will feature a mix of live and pre-recorded sets and will be hosted by Richard \u2018Hursty\u2019 Hurst. Previously confirmed performers include Nigel Clark from Dodgy, Andy Bennett, formerly of Ocean Colour Scene, Nick Parker and a host of Woo Fest regulars.<\/p>\n<p>The family-friendly festival, which donates every penny to St Richard\u2019s Hospice in Worcester, was set up in 2015 by Luke Simons and his sister, Ria, in memory of their dad John. Last year Woo Fest was named Best Small Festival at the UK Festival Awards in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continue reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/worcesterobserver.co.uk\/news\/woo-fest-has-big-names-lined-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Worcester Observer<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An award-winning county music festival, taking place virtually this summer because of social distancing measures, has secured new big-name acts including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Grant Nicholas, from Feeder, and Toyah Willcox. Woo Fest, which will be streamed live to homes and gardens around Worcestershire and beyond on Saturday (July 4), will feature a mix of live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2240,27],"tags":[2394,2497,1115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33920,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33918\/revisions\/33920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}